In September 2019, Knowles's lecture at USC was met with a partial student walkout. What is shameful is exploiting children for political purposes." Knowles later said, "Obviously there is nothing shameful about living with autism or any other psychiatric condition. She had depression." The network apologized for Knowles's statement by saying his comment "was disgraceful-we apologize to Greta Thunberg and to our viewers." Knowles did not apologize and Fox said it had "no plans" to have him on again in the future, but the channel welcomed him back shortly thereafter for a segment with host Tucker Carlson. I'm attacking the Left for exploiting a mentally ill child." Hahn returned, "Relax skinny boy, I got this." Knowles promptly added, "She is mentally ill.
Shame on you." Knowles responded, "I'm not. Fellow segment guest and Democratic Party activist Christopher Hahn replied, "You're a grown man and you're attacking a child. In September 2019, Knowles called teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg "a mentally ill Swedish child" on the Fox News program The Story. The protester was charged with assault and other violations. One protester assaulted him and sprayed him with an unknown mixture, later determined to be lavender oil and other non-toxic household liquids. Student protesters disrupted his talk, deeming it transphobic. In April 2019, Knowles gave a speech at the University of Missouri–Kansas City titled "Men Are Not Women" on gender identity during his YAF national college speaking tour. In 2018, Knowles reiterated his opposition to same-sex marriage and opposed attempts by some in the conservative movement to recognize such unions. He had worked with Andrew Klavan's son, Spencer Klavan, on theater productions while they were undergraduates at Yale. In 2016, Knowles was invited to join The Daily Wire, beginning as regular guest and cultural correspondent for The Andrew Klavan Show podcast. Knowles also is the voice actor in the fictional podcast and audiobook "Another Kingdom", directed and produced by colleague Andrew Klavan. He also starred as Alejandro in the comedy feature film Hóllyweird. Īfter moving to Los Angeles, he acted in the television pilot in of I'm Back and in the television movies Life Coach and Blend In. Upon graduation, Knowles trained with Wynn Handman at his acting studio in New York City and appeared in various Web series, films, and television shows. Career Acting īefore graduating from Yale University, Knowles participated in two Web series, Never Do Business with Friends and Survive. He was raised in the Catholic faith by his family, but fell away during his adolescence at Yale he experienced a reconversion to the Church, spurred at first by ontological arguments. in history and Italian from Yale University, where he produced the first English rendering of Niccolò Machiavelli's play Andria in 2012. Born in Bedford Hills, New York, Knowles began training as an actor with the Stella Adler Studio of Acting, as part of its Advanced Teen Conservatory.